Who We Are

Are you interested in becoming a dynamic leader who skillfully uses communication to bring engaging ideas to life or a media producer who wants to use their creative gifts to inspire others and to shape culture?

Then this is your program!

The Department of Media and Communication at Trinity Western University is focused on mentoring students to use their voice for good in a wide range of professional fields.

We have four streams of study:

  • Media stream students increase their media literacy while getting their hands on digital technology to create their own films, websites, video games and more.
  • Students in our professional writing stream see their news articles and features in the student-run Mars Hill, and in off-campus publications too.
  • Strategic communication students develop purposeful and ethically grounded persuasion skills for organizational communication and public relations.
  • General stream students pursue their own unique journey through each of the above in ways that directly support a broad range of personal and professional goals.

Media and Communication is definitely a "doing" major. You will learn not only theories and history and criteria for evaluating effective communication, but you will also write, speak, shoot, and edit from day one. We have students working on real-life public relations projects, producing films for our annual Cinergy film fest, creating video games, and doing practicum work at a variety of businesses and non-profit organizations. You can also experience exciting and life-transforming travel studies. Our small class sizes allow you to get to know your professors well and get a high-quality education.

All of this is geared toward professional preparation. We want our students working on careers that can transform our world: public relations, film and video production, journalism, marketing, ministry, education, and more.

We hope you can join us in transforming our world!

Dr. Kevin Schut
Professor, Department of Media + Communication
Dean, School of the Arts, Media + Culture